Beretta 92FS

The Beretta Model 92FS is a variant of the Italian Beretta Model 92 semi-automatic service pistol, a double-action handgun designed at the Beretta firm in the 1970s by Carlo Beretta, Giuseppe Mazzetti and Vittorio Valle as a modernised successor to the Model 1951. Its primary chambering is the 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge, and the Model 92 family fed from detachable box magazines. The 92FS followed the Model 92F, the version the United States military adopted as the M9, and was based on the Model 92SB with a reshaped trigger guard, extended magazine base, lanyard ring and new grip plates. It also received a larger hammer pin, introduced to answer concerns about runaway slides from cracked frame rears that surfaced in the extensive American military testing program. The barrel is chrome plated and the exterior carries a Bruniton anti-corrosion finish. The 92FS in turn became the basis for the Model 92A1 of 2010, which added an accessories rail for lights and laser aimers. Military Factory notes that the Model 92 line has been adopted widely by armed forces, police and special forces and continues in production.